John Kehoe leads this walk featuring the cemetery's rare and notable trees. The tour, through the ornamental foreground and historic memorial sections, will highlight trees such as the beautiful European Weeping Beech, the unusual (for the Northeast) Umbrella Magnolia, and the Huss Hemlock named for a resident of Cedar Hill.
$10.00, Members Free – Reservations Encouraged Date: June 5, 2024 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am During the Victorian era, Hartford Public High School earned a national reputation for excellence.…
Learn about transportation history, including planes, trains, and automobiles, through the stories of Cedar Hill residents. Meet a famed barnstormer, pioneering train engineer, early auto enthusiast, railroad tycoon and more.
Learn about local and national disasters through the eyes of Cedar Hill residents on this tour of the historic cemetery. Stories include the Titanic sinking, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Fales & Gray Explosion (1854), Norwalk Train Wreck (1853), 1911 Heat Wave, Hartford Circus Fire (1944), and the 1938 Hurricane.
Hear stories that sound like film scripts – leaving you to wonder who should star in the movie – a Communist spy, a runaway Prince, an infamous gambler, and more.